Wset Level 3 Mock Questions

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WSET Level 3 Mock Exam

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1. Head-trained, spur pruned with shoots tied together at the top is a training system called:
a. VSP
b. Gobelet
c. Cordon trained
d. Trellised
2. Which one of the following is Nemea's red grape that displaying aromas of red fruit and
spices:
a. Agiorgitiko
b. Santorini
c. Xinomavro
d. Moschofilero
3. TCA makes wines taste of:
a. Burnt matches
b. Vinegar or nail polish
c. Damp cardboard
d. Hot vinyl or band aids
4. Red Bandol’s principal black grape is:
a. Mourvèdre
b. Merlot
c. Côt
d. Carignan
5. A notable California Cabernet Sauvignon AVA is:
a. Mendocino
b. Howell Mountain
c. Livermore
d. Santa Barbara
6. After Spätburgunder, what is Germany’s second most popular grape of the same colour?
a. Müller-Thurgau
b. Sylvaner
c. Dornfelder
d. Baden
7. Ward is a legal wine term used in:
a. South Africa
b. Australia
c. Austria
d. Germany
8. Which of the following occurs last when making Traditional Method Sparkling wine:
a. Riddling
b. Dosage
c. Liqueur de Tirage
d. Disgorgment
9. What is the ideal serving temperature for a Sauternes wine in degrees celsius:
a. 6-8
b. 10-13
c. 15-18
d. 7-10
10. Grosses Gewächs are:
a. Piesporters
b. Dry VDP wines from top vineyards
c. Sweeter than TBA wines
d. From the hills of Gewäch
11. Tokaj's most widely planted grape variety is:
a. Hárslevelű
b. Furmint
c. Aszú
d. Chardonnay
12. Sanlúcar de Barrameda is home to:
a. Muscat de Beaumes de Venise

b. Manzanilla
c. Port
d. Fondillón
13. Hawke’s Bay is known for:
a. Sparkling wines
b. Bordeaux Blends
c. Oaked Sémillon
d. Pinot Noir
14. Which of the following sees both “flor” and oxidative ageing?
a. Pedro Ximenez
b. Manzanilla from Sanlúcar de Barrameda
c. Amontillado
d. Oloroso
15. Hermitage and Crozes-Hermitage can have one of the following added to a blend:
a. Gamay
b. Picpoul
c. Tannat
d. Roussanne
16. One of the following is a grape variety sun dried and use to sweetened Sherry:
a. Palomino
b. PX
c. Moscatel
d. Airén
17. A spur is different from a cane in that:
a. Canes have inflorescences

b. Spurs are shorter and have fewer buds
c. Canes are shorter and have fewer buds
d. Spurs are more than one year old
18. Transfer Method creates wines closest in style to:
a. Traditional Method
b. Ancestral Method
c. Asti Method
d. Pètillant naturel
19. A high tannin, black grape from Portugal is:
a. Loureiro
b. Garnacha
c. Baga
d. Tinta Navarra
20. A crusty, high clay soil found in Jerez de la Frontera is called:
a. Albariño
b. Albariza
c. Terra rosa
d. Llicorella
21. Wines that have reduction notes will smell of:
a. Damp cardboard
b. Vinegar or nail polish
c. Rotten eggs or boiled cabbage
d. Burnt matches
22. Brouilly is a village in:
a. Beaujolais
b. Chablis
c. Cote d’Or
d. Languedoc-Roussillon
23. One of the following sets are the most important nutrients for the vines:
a. Barium and Phosphorus

b. Potassium and Sodium
c. Clorine and Sodium
d. Nitrogen and Phosphorus
24. Which of the following is a grape variety found in Jurançon?
a. Picpoul
b. Petit Manseng
c. Tannat
d. Mourvèdre
25. Climate with warm, dry summers and small winter to summer temperature variation are:
a. Maritime
b. Mediterranean
c. Continental
d. Coastal
26. Which of these is a Beaujolais cru:
a. Moulin-à-Vent
b. Mont Blanc
c. Mâconnais
d. Meursault
27. Identify the necessary steps from fermentation to packaging of a typical Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc:
a. Fermentation, racking, malolactic conversion, clarification, packaging

b. Fermentation, rack of gross lees, clarification, stabilization, packaging
c. Fermentation, malolactic conversion, oak maturation, blending, packaging
d. Fermentation, racking, lees ageing, oak maturation, clarification, packaging
28. One of the following is made from botrytized grapes:
a. Spätlese
b. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
c. Kabinett
d. Eiswein
29. If we want to produce a wine with a deep purple to ruby colour with little tannin, full of fruit
with notes of banana, bubble gum, cinnamon-like spice and kirsch we will most likely
ferment the grapes…
a. Using whole bunch with crushed fruit

b. In oak barrels
c. Using Carbonic maceration
d. From press juice
30. Regarding rosé winemaking in Spain, which of the following is mostly used in Navarra:
a. Garnacha
b. Monastrell
c. Tempranillo
d. Pinot Noir

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3. TCA makes wines taste of:

4. Red Bandol’s principal black grape is:

5. A notable California Cabernet Sauvignon AVA is:

7. Ward is a legal wine term used in:

10. Grosses Gewächs are:

11. Tokaj's most widely planted grape variety is:

a. Muscat de Beaumes de Venise

13. Hawke’s Bay is known for:

17. A spur is different from a cane in that:

a. Canes have inflorescences

19. A high tannin, black grape from Portugal is:

20. A crusty, high clay soil found in Jerez de la Frontera is called:

21. Wines that have reduction notes will smell of:

22. Brouilly is a village in:

a. Barium and Phosphorus

26. Which of these is a Beaujolais cru:

a. Fermentation, racking, malolactic conversion, clarification, packaging

28. One of the following is made from botrytized grapes:

a. Using whole bunch with crushed fruit

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